Identify a missing number in a sentence and a missing shape in a matrix

Know a symbol can stand for a missing number in a sentence

Identify and count pennies, nickels, and dimes

Identify quarters and one-dollar bills

Write money amounts using cent symbol (¢)

Select coins for given amount

Write numerals to 30

Identify right and left and use other positional words and phrases

Identify, sort, and compare geometric shapes and solids

Identify line of symmetry and create symmetrical designs

Sort and identify sorting rule

Identify and extend patterns and geometric designs

Graph real objects and pictures

Determine questions for a survey

Tell and show time to the hour

Use a calendar and identify its parts

Identify which of two events takes more or less time

Compare, order, and measure using standard and nonstandard units

Describe likelihood of an event

Science

Science in the early years is learned through the natural exploration of the physical world. The topics of discovery include life cycles, nutrition, animal habitats, and the seasons. The students will plant their own garden and participate in nature walks.

Visual Arts

begin to identify the elements of art in the environment, and in works of art, emphasizing line, color, shape, form and texture

mix secondary colors from primary colors and describe the process

form drawing – identifying patterns, shapes, lines

create artwork based on observations of actual objects and everyday scenes

select something they like about their work of art and something they would change

Qur’an Memorization

The Kindergarten class will come alive every morning with the recitation of the Holy Qur’an. Children in this class will learn about revelation and the etiquette of handling the Qur’an. They will develop a love and reverence for the words of Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala through beautiful stories told about the revelation of the Qur’an and hands on activities. The Kindergarteners will inshAllah memorize twenty-one Sura’s of the Qur’an, starting with Sura Al-Fatiha to Sura Wa’duah.

Arabic

Arabic in the Kindergarten class in purely oral with absolutely no stress on reading and writing. Children will learn in a natural non-threatening environment the Arabic language. They will participate in activities, dramatic plays, sing Arabic songs, listen to Arabic stories and be involved in daily dialogue practices.

Seerah

The Seerah of the Prophet sal allahu alaihi wa sallam will be taught every Friday. Children will learn about the live of the Prophet through stories and hands on activities. Our main goal in this class is to develop in our students love and respect for the Prophet sal allahu alaihi wa sallam so that they use him as an example in their lives.

Phonics

In Kindergarten the students will learn the English Alphabet. They will learn to identify, sound out, and write all of the alphabet and learn to read by using easy to read decodables.

Storytelling

Storytelling is a very important time in the Kindergarten class. Children live in imaginary worlds and our storytelling time is when they can really enter into the world of imagination. Most of the learning done in the Kindergarten class is done through beautiful and colorful stories.